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=== Elephant Takk === ELEPHANT TAKK... === rivista musicale elettronica <http://www.burioni.it/forum/ridi/et/ethome.htm> diretta da Riccardo Ridi <mailto:[email protected]> -------------------------------------------------- Anno XI Numero 68 (1 Marzo 2006) -------------------------------------------------- INDICE -------------------------------------------------- - LE METACLASSIFICHE 2005 DI ET / di Filippo Tagliaferri - LA METACLASSIFICA 2005 DEI REDATTORI E DEI LETTORI DI ET / a cura di Filippo Tagliaferri - LA METACLASSIFICA 2005 DELLE ALTRE RIVISTE E SITI / a cura di Filippo Tagliaferri - LE CLASSIFICHE 2005 DEI REDATTORI E DEI LETTORI DI ET / a cura di Riccardo Ridi - LE CLASSIFICHE 2005 DELLE ALTRE RIVISTE E SITI (ITALIANI) / a cura di Riccardo Ridi, Filippo Tagliaferri e Marco Misuri - LE CLASSIFICHE 2005 DELLE ALTRE RIVISTE E SITI (STRANIERI) / a cura di Riccardo Ridi, Filippo Tagliaferri e Marco Misuri -------------------------------------------------- - LE METACLASSIFICHE 2005 DI ET / di Filippo Tagliaferri Già l'anno scorso, in sede di commenti sul precedente, ci eravamo sorpresi della quantità - che ritenevamo grande - di proposte musicale ascoltate e votate. E notavamo come il livello medio fosse piuttosto alto, anche se mai altissimo. Il 2005 è andato oltre le previsioni: mai come l'anno scorso abbiamo dovuto fare i conti con una quantità così ingente di dischi, soprattutto di nomi nuovi o comunque non ancora affermati. Quel che è aumentato, rispetto ad uno, ma ancor più rispetto a cinque o a dieci anni fa, non sembra essere il maggior numero di uscite, ma il maggior numero di dischi a cui più facilmente possiamo accedere. Un tempo stilare una classifica dei migliori dischi dell'anno poteva diventare difficoltoso. Stavolta le 50 posizioni sono parse ridotte a più di un votante. Chi ne trae beneficio? Non certo i nomi più classici, che anche sulla 'fidelizzazione del cliente' hanno basato il loro status. Oggi i tempi per assimilare un cd sono talmente veloci che un artista con alle spalle anche solo 3 o 4 album appare già demodé. Sia nel 2004 ed ancor più nel 2005, abbiamo dunque visto fiorire decine e decine di realtà (durature? mah, può darsi) che si sono contese le preferenze di riviste e lettori. Basti considerare che i dischi complessivamente votati come i migliori dell'anno scorso superano complessivamente i 300 (le classifiche che seguono rappresentano, per così dire, solo la punta dell'iceberg). Se però andiamo ad osservare le posizioni più elevate delle classifiche, le cose cambiano sensibilmente. Si distingue, ad esempio e solo per Elephant Talk, Brian Eno (ma non avevamo dubbi in proposito, stante l'orientamento generale della redazione...) e, anche se in misura minore rispetto alla stampa presa come riferimento, Bruce Springsteen. Bene anche i Rolling Stones. Tra i musicisti emersi nel corso degli ultimi dieci anni si confermano ai vertici i Sigur Ros e Beck, per i quali la nostra rivista rappresenta un po' un'isola felice rispetto ai gradimenti ricevuti altrove. Anche i ritorni, un po'in sordina, dei belgi dEUS e di David Sylvian (con i Nine Horses) hanno convinto più dalle nostre parti che sulla stampa ufficiale, dove non sono stati assolutamente segnalati. 1 La vittoria degli Eels è invece piuttosto in linea con quanto emerge dalla metaclassifica "esterna" ed è il risultato anche del minor gradimento mediamente riscosso nella nostra rivista dal secondo cd di Antony & The Johnsons, vincitore invece secondo il campione di riviste e/o siti presi come riferimento. Il comunque ottimo 3° posto al quale scivola Antony è forse imputabile al fatto che il campione su cui si basa la graduatoria di Elephant Talk è più ristretto rispetto all'altro. Ciò penalizza inevitabilmente proposte, per così dire, meno universalmente digeribili. Era accaduto l'anno scorso la stessa cosa per Devendra Banhart, ai primi posti per alcuni redattori/lettori, del tutto ignorato dagli altri. Il disco dei Coldplay, che alla sua uscita aveva ottenuto commenti generalmente non molto positivi, riesce comunque a 'tenere' le posizioni, assestandosi ad un eccellente 9° posto, forse insperato. Tra la moltitudine di debuttanti spiccano gli LCD Soundsystem (ma il loro nome girava da almeno un paio di anni grazie ad alcuni singoli o come produzioni DFA) e più dietro Matt Elliott e Kaiser Chiefs. Segno questo che, alla resa dei conti, si è cercato di previlegiare comunque un nome di un qualche affidamento, piuttosto che l'ennesima 'next big thing'. Dando uno sguardo alla metaclassifica "esterna" invece, quel che è più curioso, è il 'reale' 2° posto guadagnato dagli Arcade Fire con FUNERAL, un bel disco dell'autunno 2004. E' pur vero che il disco è uscito in Europa nel 2005, ma se aveva raggiunto un buon 23° posto nella classifica di Elephant Talk per il 2004, vuol dire che non era poi così introvabile no? Abbiamo così scelto, come in passato in casi analoghi, di escluderlo dalla metaclassifica, pur riportando i voti espressi dalle singole riviste. Saltano poi all'occhio le elevatissime posizioni raggiunte del rapper Kanye West e della seconda prova dei Gorillaz. In entrambi i casi la 'colpa' è da attribuire alle svariate riviste inglesi rientranti nel 'paniere' della metaclassifica. La stampa specializzata nostrana, perlomeno in sede di recensione (chissà perché poi, invece, dopo aver dato uno sguardo alle riviste straniere, certi dischi lievitino magicamente...) ha infatti sistematicamente ignorato il primo e rimasta più che tiepida sui secondi. Tra i debuttanti benissimo i Magic Numbers. Bene anche Maximo Park, Lighning Bolt e ancora Kaiser Chiefs, oltre ai fenomeni del 'peer-to-peer' Clap Your Hands Say Yeah. Due parole, per finire, alle regole usate per stilare le classifiche. Per il calcolo dei punteggi rimandiamo al n° 64 di Elephant Talk, in cui viene introdotto il metodo attuale. La novità consiste nella classifica riservata ai dischi italiani ed a quelli contenenti materiale già edito, anche se in diversa versione, anche dal vivo (raccolte, ristampe, box, live, dischi postumi). Dato che non tutti i lettori hanno stilato graduatorie a parte per queste categorie e che altri invece hanno votato senza distinzioni, abbiamo previlegiato il numero di preferenze comunque ottenute da un disco. A parità di preferenze, la posizione raggiunta è il frutto del punteggio calcolato secondo le nostre regole ormai consolidate. E' d'obbligo segnalare, a tal prosposito, l'ottimo risultato ottenuto dai quasi-debuttanti Baustelle, che mancano la vetta della classifica solo a causa di una minor diffusione rispetto ai già conosciutissimi Subsonica. E anche per quest'anno è tutto. -------------------------------------------------- - LA METACLASSIFICA 2005 DEI REDATTORI E DEI LETTORI DI ELEPHANT TALK / a cura di Filippo Tagliaferri ALBUM STRANIERI: 01. Eels BLINKING LIGHTS AND OTHER REVELATIONS 02. Sigur Ros TAKK... 03. Antony And The Johnsons I'M A BIRD NOW Beck GUERO 05. Brian Eno ANOTHER DAY ON EARTH Franz Ferdinand YOU COULD HAVE IT SO MUCH BETTER 2 07. LCD Soundsystem LCD SOUNDSYSTEM 08. The White Stripes GET BEHIND ME SATAN 09. Coldplay X & Y 10. dEUS POCKET REVOLUTION 11. Richard Hawley COLES CORNER 12. Piano Magic DISAFFECTED 13. Mick Harvey ONE MAN’S TREASURE 14. Supergrass ROAD TO ROUEN 15. The Rolling Stones A BIGGER BANG 16. Nine Horses SNOW BORNE SORROW 17. Depeche Mode PLAYING THE ANGEL 18. Paul Weller AS IS NOW 19. Bettye Lavette I'VE GOT MY OWN HELL TO RAISE 20. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club HOWL 21. Bruce Springsteen DEVILS & DUST 22. Doves SOME CITIES 23. Matt Elliott SONGS FOR DRINKING 24. Kaiser Chiefs EMPLOYMENT 25. Madonna CONFESSIONS ON A DANCEFLOOR 26. Ryan Adams & The Cardinals COLD ROSES 27. Bloc Party SILENT ALARM Nine Inch Nails WITH TEETH 29. Devendra Banhart CRIPPEL CROW 30. The Kills NO NOW 31. Low THE GREAT DESTROYER 32. Gorillaz DEMON DAYS 33. Death Cab For Cutie PLANS 34. The Books LOST AND SAFE 35. Coco Suma REINDEER SHOW THE WAY 36. Turin Brakes JACKINABOX 37. Neil Young PRAIRE WIND 38. Chumbawamba A SINGSONG AND A SCRAP Goldfrapp SUPERNATURE 40. Black Dice BROKEN EAR RECORD Editors THE BACK ROOM 42. Maximilian Hecker LADY SLEEP 43. Opeth GHOST REVERIES Pink Martini HANG ON A LITTLE TOMATO 45. Sufjan Stevens COME ON FEEL THE ILLINOISE 46. Art Brut BANG BANG ROCK & ROLL The Rakes CAPTURE / RELEASE June Tabor AT THE WOOD’S HEART 60 49. Sebastien Schuller HAPPINESS 50. Engineers ENGINEERS The Bravery THE BRAVERY 52. Nathan Michel THE BEAST Elbow THE LEADERS OF THE FREE WORLD 54. Architecture In Helsinki IN CASE WE DIE John Cale BLACK ACETATE Neal Morse ? Nithin Sawney PHILTRE 58. Matthew Herbert PLAT DU JOUR 59. Kate Bush AERIAL 3 60. Imogen Heap SPEAK FOR YOURSELF Shining IN THE KINGDOM OF KITSCH ... Robbie Williams INTENSIVE CARE 63. Bright Eyes I'M WIDE AWAKE, IT’S MORNING British Sea Power OPEN SEASON Peter Cincotti ON THE MOON The Go-Betweens OCEANS APART David Gray LIFE IN SLOW MOTION Hanne Hukkelberg LITTLE THINGS The Knitters THE MODERN SOUNDS OF THE KNITTERS Van Morrison MAGIC TIME North Mississippi All Stars ELECTRIC BLUE WATERMELON Okkervill River BLACK SHEEP BOY John Prine FAIR & SQUARE Roine Stolt WALLSTREET VOODOO Starsailor ON THE OUTSIDE The Thievery Corporation THE COSMIC GAME Waco Brothers FREEDOM AND WEEP 78. Damon & Naomi THE EARTH IS BLUE 79. The Clientele STRANGE GEOMETRY The Darkness ONE WAY TICKET TO HELL ... AND BACK 81. Andrew Bird ANDREW BIRD & THE MYSTERIOUS PRODUCTION OF EGGS 82. Nobody AND EVERYTHING ELSE... Porcupine Tree DEADWING 84. Adrian Belew SIDE TWO Bjornstadt-Darling-Rypdal-Christensen THE SEA Tord Gustafsen Trio THE GROUND. LA CLASSE TOUT COURT Charlie Haden & Carla Bley NOT IN OUR NAME Jaga Jazzist WHAT WE MUST Mercury Rev THE SECRET MIGRATION Riverside SECOND LIFE SYNDROME Royksopp THE UNDERSTANDING Venetian Snares ROSSZ CSILLAG ALLAT SZULETETT 93. Husky Rescue COUNTRY FALLS Oasis DON’T BELIEVE THE TRUTH Oneida THE WEDDING 96. The Magic Numbers THE MAGIC NUMBERS 97. Black Eyed Peas MONKEY BUSINESS Her Space Holiday THE PAST PRESENTS THE FUTURE Out Hud LET US NEVER SPEAK OF IT AGAIN Sleater-Kinney THE WOODS Stuntman 5 MELTED, FAKE, PLASTIC Richard Thompson FRONT PARLOUR BALLADS ALBUM ITALIANI: 01.
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